Where to get "fat" for Fat Tuesday

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Revelers beg for beads to be tossed from a balcony in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, Louisiana. The annual Mardi Gras celebration on Feb. 13 ends at midnight, when the Catholic Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday.(Photo: Pat Semansky, Getty Images)

The Trolley Square-area restaurant is not a typical Creole-Cajun eatery, but owner Xavier Teixido has worked in New Orleans restaurants and is well-acquainted with the cuisine. Kid's has been serving a special week-long Mardi Gras menu, complete with baked oysters, Cajun shrimp and oyster po' boys. The special menu lasts through Tuesday.

The party from 5 to 11 p.m. at the Old New Castle restaurant features a "Fat Tuesday Burlesque" theme.

Abita brews ($5) will be on tap, and Nora Lee's is serving New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA and Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA ($7 each). They'll also have Pimm's Cup, Hurricanes and Sazeracs. Soak up the booze with po'boys, muffulettas, jambalaya and gumbo.

Members of Rex toss beads from a float to revelers during Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, Louisiana. The annual Mardi Gras celebration on Feb. 13 ends at midnight, when the Catholic Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday.(Photo: Pat Semansky, Getty Images)

The eatery/music venue calls itself "Delaware's best-kept secret." Well, the secret has been out for some time, but it's definitely worth a trip if you haven't been to the restaurant located in a 200-year-old building.

St. Georges Country Store and Cajun Restaurant has grown from its initial September 2001 beginning when it was just a country store with a limited hot foods menu.

The Fat Tuesday party will be held all day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Food includes the usual offerings of jambalaya, andouille sausage bites with Creole mustard, alligator sausage bites, muffulettas, po' boys, and shrimp or chicken Creole.

Music begins at 6 p.m. with performances by James Day & The Fish Fry. Reservations are recommended, and when we called on Monday morning few seats remained. Give a call and you might luck out with a cancellation.

Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or ptalorico@delawareonline.com and on Twitter @pattytalorico